Poul Møller resigns and Henrik Brandt will be new Managing Director (CEO) in Royal Unibrew A/S.

Poul Møller resigns and Henrik Brandt will be new Managing Director (CEO) in
Royal Unibrew A/S. 
At the same time the outlook for 2008 is reduced.

Managing Director (CEO) Poul Møller is resigning his position at Royal Unibrew
A/S with immediate effect. 

At the same time the Group is reducing the outlook for the annual results
before tax and special items to 180-200 MDKK compared to 220-260 MDKK
previously communicated, while the result before tax but after special items
now is expected to be at the level of 110-130 MDKK compared to 170-210 MDKK
pre-viously informed. 

Henrik Brandt (53 years old) will take over as Managing Director (CEO) on 1
November 2008. Henrik Brandt has a significant experience as an Executive
Director. Since 2003 Henrik Brandt has been Manag-ing Director for the medico
group Unimedical with its headquarter in Denmark, but he will retire from this
position by the end of September in connection with a transfer of ownership in
the company to the American medico group ConvaTec. Previously, Henrik Brandt
was Group Director in Skandinavisk To-bakskompagni A/S and Group Chief
Executive of Sophus Berendsen A/S. Henrik Brandt has since 1998 been a member
of the Supervisory Board of Royal Unibrew A/S. He is, furthermore, member of
the Su-pervisory Board of Ferd AS, Norway. 

CFO Ulrik Sørensen, Royal Unibrew, will as of today be appointed Managing
Director (CEO) ad interim until Henrik Brandt takes over. 

The Executive Board of Royal Unibrew A/S will from 1 November 2008 consist of
Henrik Brandt (Manag-ing Director (CEO)), Hans Savonije (Executive Director of
Northern Europe), and Ulrik Sørensen (CFO), as Povl Friis (Executive Director
Technics & Supply) has tendered his resignation, cf. company an-nouncement RU
27/2008 of 19 June 2008. 

If any questions please contact the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal
Unibrew A/S, Mr. Steen Weirsøe (tel. +45 39 55 97 02). In connection with the
reduction in the outlook for the 2008-results ques-tions can also be directed
to CFO Ulrik Sørensen (Tel. +45 56 77 15 02). 

Yours sincerely
Royal Unibrew A/S

Steen Weirsøe
Chairman of the Supervisory Board